South Leeds pool

Campaigners in Leeds fighting to get their local leisure centre reopened fear their youngsters will miss out on any benefits from the London 2012 Olympics unless the facilities are in place to capitalise

Holbeck has no banks or supermarket, most of the pubs have closed and the secondary school has moved two miles away. Its leisure centre recently closed and its library is under threat. Resident Stephen Peacock gives his take on 'forgotten' South Leeds - and how council cuts have been unkind to the area